Family Fun Toy List

jarerice · September 13, 2006

Approved Finalist List

Name of Finalist Toy 10-12 Years

Cosmic Catch

Speed Stacks StackPack

Blue Man Group Percussion Tubes

Mindstorms NXT

Spy Video Car

Robosapien V2

Pirates of the Caribbean Pirates Dice

Laser Battle

BubbleBrain

Name of Finalist toy 8-9 Years

Bead Blast

Verticon

Door Slammerz Basketball

Jabba the Hutt Sail Barge

Outdoor Challenge

Sentai Fortress

Dragon Duo Puppet

My Scene Fab Faces Dolls

Bratz Ice Champions Playset with Mirabel

Pirates of the Caribbean DVD Treasure Hunt

Cube World

DEAL OR NO DEAL - ELECTRONIC TABLE TOP GAME

Cranium Zooreka

Game of Life Pirates of the Caribbean Edition

Professor Noggins History of the United States

Name of Finalist toy 5-7 Years

Littlest Pet Shop Biggest Littlest Pet Shop

Soccer Match

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest - Ultimate Black Pearl Playset

Headbangers

Star Wars Transformers Deluxe: Millennium Falcon

Treasure Hunter

PlayFoam

Inspiration Bands

Lil Luvables Fluffy Factory

Furreal Friends Jungle Cats Assortment

PollyWorld Rockin' Theme Park

Lucky the Incredible Wonder Pup

Monster Under My Bed

Big Trouble

Scooby Doo TV Games

Cranium Giggle Gear Mega Mask Robot-Bug-Alien

Cranium Giggle Gear Super Fort

Cars Mega house

Bratz Cyber Style Laptop

SmartGlobe 2.0

Nitro Jams Notebook

Approved Finalist List 3-4 Years

Baby Talk - Barnyard Set

Baby Alive

Love and Licks Puppies

Feed the Kitty

Air-Powered Action Stadium

Magnetic Fishing Game

Pretend & Play Snack Shop

Bistro Grille

Real Projects Workshop

ABC Chalk Talk! Electronic Learning Chalkboard

Smart Safari Count n Stack Giraffe

Smart Splash Memory Match Clams

Diegos Talking Rescue Center

Play-Doh Creativity Center

CAT®Construction Site (#615)

Chicco Ducati 999 R/C Superbike

John Deere "Big Scoop" Steel Tractor

Bratz Kidz RC Scooter

How can you tell which toys kids will love before you dole out your hard earned cash?

It may be only September, but at least one publication has its eye on the holidays.

Every year, Family Fun magazine checks out which toys are the most popular. They take toys to daycare centers across the country. And this year, a center in our area took part.

Family fun magazine is trying to find out which ones make the cut with kids.

"The company has been testing toys for the family fun magazine for about 15 years now since it started," says Kerry Depka of Kindercare

The Kindercare in Clementon surveyed two age groups: Three and four year olds, and, eight and nine year olds. Each group got about 15 toys that made it through the initial cut.

After a few days, kids were asked to rate the toys first, second, and third. The teachers tallied it up and shipped off the results to the magazine.

Even though we don't know the final results, there are some clear favorites.

For the three and four year old set, it was "Diego" of Dora the Explorer fame. He has his own talking rescue center.

Baby Alive is also making a comeback. But that's not it. She does something else after she eats food and drinks water.

With the eight and nine year olds, games were all the rage.

With another nod to TV, "Deal Or No Deal" is apparently still fun, even when there's no real money involved.

A game called cranium Zooreka was also popular with the older kids.

But the best part about all this?

"The best part is we get to keep all the toys for free," laughs Depka.

The final results will be in the November issue of Family Fun magazine.

Great Dane Mom · September 13, 2006

I always look forward to their list. I'll have to wait for my November issue to look at the pictures. I'm too lazy to look them up on the computer. :yup:

Booterbunz · September 14, 2006

Ok, my daughter is barely 2 1/2..and I don't know what any of these toys are! LOL Man..guess I need to get to "researching" some of these things and the cost for them! LOL :)